Jason Critchley

Jason Critchley (born 7 December 1970) is an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played representative rugby league for Great Britain at every age level from under 16's, 19's and 21's. He was also selected for England, Wales and Great Britain on the tour to Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Zealand in 1996.[3] At club level for the Castleford Tigers (1997/98), Keighley Cougars, Salford City Reds (≤1992), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (2000), Whitehaven and the Widnes Vikings (≥1992) as a wing or centre,[2] and top level club level rugby union for Newport RFC (1998/99), Leicester Tigers, Manchester (loan), US Dax and De La Salle Palmerston.

Jason Critchley
Personal information
Full nameJason Roy Critchley[1]
Born (1970-12-07) 7 December 1970
St. Helens, England[1]
Playing information
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Rugby league
PositionWing, Centre, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989–92 Widnes 20 2 0 0 8
1992–95 Salford City 95 51 0 200
1995–96 Keighley Cougars 45 35 0 0 140
1997–98 Castleford Tigers 39 15 0 0 60
1999 Widnes Vikings 11 3 0 0 12
2000 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 8 4 0 0 16
2001 Whitehaven 8 2 0 0 8
Total 226 112 0 0 444
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1992 England 1 0 0 0 0
1996–01 Wales 10 2 0 0 8
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998–99 Newport 8 3 0 0 15
1999–00 Leicester Tigers 2 0 0 0 0
1999–00 → Manchester (loan) 15 6 0 0 30
2000–01 US Dax 14 3 16 0 47
2002–03 De La Salle Palmerston 24 10
Total 63 22 16 0 92
Source: [2][3]

Personal Information

Critchley was born in St Helens, Lancashire, England.

Playing career

Critchley was the 1993 Salford Red Devils, 1996 Keighley Cougars and 1997 Castleford Tigers season's top try scorer. In 1996 Jason broke a 90+ year record for Keighley Cougars scoring 6 tries in on match v's Widnes Vikings.

Critchley won caps for Wales while at Keighley, Castleford, and Whitehaven 1996...2001 10(11?)-caps 1(2?)-try 4(8?)-points.[2]

Critchley was a Wales international and played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[4]

References
  1. "Jason Critchley". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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